Multimedia Roundtable

A discussion with community membersfrom Wikipedia and Commons

Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundationon Google Hangouts

07/10/2013

9:30 am - Introductions

9:45 am - Workflows & issues

10:00 am - New feature ideas

10:45 am - Multimedia priorities

11:00 am - Roundtable ends

* All times above are PDT (UTC-8)

Roundtable agenda

Community members:

Jean-Frédéric Berthelot

Petr Brož

Peter Ekman

Joe Mabel

Dominic McDevitt-Parks

Sage Ross

Participants

Jean-Frédéric

Chmee2

Smallbones

Jmabel

Dominic

Ragesoss

Facilitators

Wikimedia team:

Fabrice Florin Fabrice Florin (WMF)

Rob Lanphier RobLa-WMF

Mark Holmquist MarkTraceur

Brian Wolff Bawolff

Jared Zimmerman Jaredzimmerman

Workflows

View

Create

Curate

Publish

Engage

Multimedia workflows

watch / listen to media files

contribute files, info, categories

rate, review, discuss, edit, feature

place files on wiki projects

organize media campaigns

View

Create

Curate

Publish

Engage

Workflows by user group

500M viewers

~21k uploaders/mo.

~300 patrollers/admins.

~82k active editors/mo.

~34 campaign organizers

What are your main multimedia workflows?

Your key issues?

Write them down on Etherpad:etherpad.wikimedia.org/Roundtable2

Feature ideas

View

Create

Curate

Publish

Engage

New feature ideas

Media viewer

Category finder / File notifications

File curation / File feedback

Media finder / Slideshow player

Campaign tools

Media Viewer

Purpose: • Provide a richer multimedia experience to match user expectations• Display images in larger size, on the same page as the thumbnail

Users: • All users, including 500M 'readers/viewers'

Features:• Show images in larger, media viewer panel when you click on them• Include a description and credit below the image, link to file page• Option to go to next image if it is part of a category or collection

Media Viewer

Purpose: • Address 'uncategorized file' problem (~40% of Commons files unused)• Make it easier for contributors to add categories• Available in upload wizard and on file page

Users: • All Commons contributors or curators

Features:• Suggested categories based on title• Provide category tree or similar drill-down option• Notify user their file may not get used if uncategorized

Category finder

File Notifications

Purpose: • Inform file creators when something happens to their files• Make contributors aware of what's happening on Commons

Users: • All Commons contributors or curators

Features:• File Upload Complete (for large files)• File Marked as Reviewed• File Tagged for Maintenance• File Marked for Deletion• File Rated/Featured• File Page was Edited

File Notifications

• File was Used in Article (requires cross-wiki)• File was Overwritten• File was Deleted• Congrats on your 1st upload

SCREENSHOT

File Curation

Purpose: • Curate new files to identify useful media for Wikipedia • Make it easier to tag files or nominate them for deletion

Users: • All Commons patrollers (and Wikipedia curators?)

Features:• A list where editors can preview files that need to be reviewed• A review tool that helps editors curate files more easily• Repackage existing tools in a better UI ('Nominate for deletion')

See also:• Image patrol notes

File Curation

SCREENSHOT

File Feedback (comparison)

See demos:• Which is better?• Highest rated files

SCREENSHOT

File Feedback (thumbs-up/down)

Purpose: • Surface useful files, rated by quality

Users: • Commons or Wikipedia users

Features:• A quick rating tool to tag files that seem useful • Can be thumbs-up/down -- or compare 2 images• Sorting / filtering tools for ranking lists or galleries by rating

See also:• File feedback notes• Prototype notes

File Feedback

SCREENSHOT

Purpose: • Make it easier to add multimedia on Wikipedia articles• Help find quality media files and place them quickly Users: • Any Wikipedia or Commons user

Features:• Expand the Visual Editor's 'Insert Media' tool• Support extended search by category, rating or review status• Easier to sort or filter recommended images in VE

Media Finder

Slideshows

Demo: File:User_KLOTZ_the_Movie.webm

Purpose: • Let readers view more images on topics they are interested in• Give contributors the option to create slideshows

Users: • Any Wikipedia viewer (player) -- or contributor (maker)

Features:• Viewers can play slide-shows on a given topic, with optional audio• Creators can easily assemble sequences of images and sounds• Editors can add these slide-shows to any article

See also:• Gallery Slideshow• Sequencer

Slideshow Player/Maker

Purpose: • Invite more users to join campaigns (e.g. Wiki Loves Monuments)• Make it easy for campaign organizers to set up campaigns• Make it easy for users to participate in campaigns -- and stay engaged Users: • Any user with a camera/phone -- and campaign organizers

Features:• Tools for organizers to set up and customize campaigns• To-do lists with clear assignments for contributors to follow• Leaderboards and recent contributions to keep participants motivated

Campaign Tools

Conclusions

Which ideas seem most promising?

Write your notes on Etherpad:etherpad.wikimedia.org/Roundtable2

View

Create

Curate

Publish

Engage

New feature ideas

Media viewer

Category finder / File notifications

File curation / File feedback

Media finder / Slideshow player

Campaign tools

What prioritiesdo you recommend

for multimedia?

How did this roundtable work for you?

Learn more:meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Roundtables/Roundtable_2

Editor Engagement Featurese2@wikimedia.orgMultimedia Team

Wikimedia Foundationmediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia